I Really Need Hel With This

I have just started decorating cakes and I have been making my own butter cream icing and everytime I make the icing it always seems to come out a light yellow instead of white. Please tell me what I am doing wrong. I have had the icing come out white only once and I just don't understand what I am doing wrong! Can someone please help?

No the crisco sticks are yellow. the receipe was given to me like this 1 bag of confectioners sugar 1tsp of butter flavoring 1tsp of meringue powder half of a stick of the crisco and add the milk as needed?

If your Crisco sticks are yellow, then my guess is that you are using the Butter Flavor Crisco sticks. Make sure you have the regular Crisco sticks that are white and you should be able to get the white Buttercream just fine. I have used the white sticks and everything works out fine.

well, yes, if your crisco stick are yellow, that could be it. i would suggest the regular white crisco. but you said you've made it before and it turned out okay.

i really just mix it until i like how it looks (or until i'm done doing whatever else i'm doing -- i multi-task when making icing). i don't really believe in over mixing (or the fear of air bubbles) it usually all works out in the end for me. i've read on here that indydebi mixes hers up to 15 minutes sometimes (if not more).

It sounds like you have the butter flavor Crisco sticks. I use the regular ones, which are pure white. Usually I use the tub, and have actually started getting off brand which still has trans fat it in. There has been a lot of discussion of the "new" Crisco w/o trans fat not working as well.

yes the crisco sticks are white unless she is using butter flavored, then they would be yellow. Never heard of using violet to get white, great little tip. Search the recipe page for butter cream and you will get some to pick from.